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Bad Email Practises

1. Use Email Receipt
2. Ignore Returned Mail
3. Send Large Attachment
4. Mark Message Read Automatically
5. Never Use Reply-All
6. Setup Redundant Auto-responder
7. Never Change Your Password
8. Use Incorrect Encoding
9. Always Compose Email in HTML Format
10. Use Sender Verification from Spam Arrest

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Categories: Planning Your Email, Tweaks.

By Pin
— September 19, 2009 at 3:50 am
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  1. > 1. Use Email Receipt

    Email receipt is a function provided by Email Client, not server. Not all email client support this. It is not reliable and confusing. It can even be turned off by user in their Email Client.

    > 2. Ignore Returned Mail

    Return mail has all the information explaining why an email is rejected. It helps us to debug. Most people ignore and didn’t bother to read it.

    > 3. Send Large Attachment

    Should use Sendspace.com so you dont jam up someone s mailbx

    > 4. Mark Message Read Automatically

    You should mark read only after action taken, like Reply, Forward, etc. Not by timing.

    > 5. Never Use Reply-All

    If you dont hit Reply All, the Cc list will gone. Discussion break down.

    > 6. Setup Redundant Auto-responder

    Auto responder should be smart. It should be triggered once.

    > 7. Never Change Your Password

    self explaain :)

    > 8. Use Incorrect Encoding

    Some people still send email in Arabic encoding… while the content is English.

    > 9. Always Compose Email in HTML Format

    Use plain text better

    > 10. Use Sender Verification from Spam Arrest

    This is the stupidest way of preventing your email been marked as Spam. Too much work for recipient, etc.

    Pin — October 21, 2010 @ 12:19 am —



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